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accustom

[ uh-kuhs-tuhm ]

verb (used with object)

  1. to familiarize by custom or use; habituate:

    to accustom oneself to cold weather.



accustom

/ əˈkʌstəm /

verb

  1. trusually foll byto to make (oneself) familiar (with) or used (to), as by practice, habit, or experience


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Other Words From

  • preac·custom verb (used with object)
  • reac·custom verb (used with object)
  • unac·custom verb (used with object)

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Word History and Origins

Origin of accustom1

First recorded in 1425–75; late Middle English word from Middle French word acoustumer. See ac-, custom

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Word History and Origins

Origin of accustom1

C15: from Old French acostumer, from costume custom

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Example Sentences

This seems to be broadly rolling out now and may surprise some advertisers who have been accustomed to the older version of this screen.

Anderson, like most cosplayers, was accustomed to planning her outfits around events.

We’re a culture accustomed to the rah-rah inspiration of fitness personalities, ones like Sheila aspires to be.

So start accustoming your dog to future changes in lifestyle.

The swift cascade of reactions to his death indicate how accustomed the United States — and the Twin Cities area in particular — have grown to responding to such incidents.

Many tears were shed by Valeria; for a long time she could not accustom herself to her loss.

He endeavored also to accustom himself to eat raw flesh, but this was a point of perfection to which he never could arrive.

He was trying to accustom himself to the idea of having a name.

Try as hard as I would, I could not accustom my muscles to these new conditions.

You see that this, your last summer in Italy, is manufactured on purpose to accustom you to the English seasons.

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